dry-footedadj.

Forms: see dry adj. and adv. and footed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., footed adj.

Etymology: < dry adj. + footed adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdry-ˌfooted.

a. Having dry feet; with the feet not wetted; =prec. i.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > with dry feet or shoes

dry-footeda1250

dry-shod1535

dry-foot1608

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 98 Ðer heo eoden druiuoted [?c1225 Cleo. drufot].

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 367 [They] passyd Iordan drye foted.

1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. x. 30/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Such as a man may go into drie-footed at the full sea.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 158 Whether he was out of his depth or not, I can't tell, although I suspect that he was not dry-footed.

b. figurative. ? Passing lightly and dexterously over a difficulty (like one who steps lightly over a stream without wetting his feet).

ΚΠ

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 359 Maister Heskins skippeth ouer with a drye foote, that Ambrose saith..he shall not die.]

1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 20 May The explanation of Erasmus, and Clarke, and some others, is very dry-footed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dry-footed
释义	dry-footedadj. Forms: see dry adj. and adv. and footed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., footed adj. Etymology: < dry adj. + footed adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdry-ˌfooted. a. Having dry feet; with the feet not wetted; =prec. i. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > with dry feet or shoes dry-footeda1250 dry-shod1535 dry-foot1608 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 98 Ðer heo eoden druiuoted [?c1225 Cleo. drufot]. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 367 [They] passyd Iordan drye foted. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. x. 30/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Such as a man may go into drie-footed at the full sea. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 158 Whether he was out of his depth or not, I can't tell, although I suspect that he was not dry-footed. b. figurative. ? Passing lightly and dexterously over a difficulty (like one who steps lightly over a stream without wetting his feet). ΚΠ 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 359 Maister Heskins skippeth ouer with a drye foote, that Ambrose saith..he shall not die.] 1830 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 20 May The explanation of Erasmus, and Clarke, and some others, is very dry-footed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1250
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